Grid Systems in Graphic Design designbrief and a slew of other

and a slew of other usual suspects

this pair of hand-printed aquatints feature Matthew Carter’s stunning lowercase a from his presently-unreleased Big Fry and a z inspired by a sixteenth-century italic attributed to the French punchcutter Pierre Haultin

Allow us to quote lazily liberally from the introduction: “Olde has a very individual charm

highlighting the Renaissance ambition to harmonize classical aesthetics with rigorous scientific proportion

the catalog showcases the winning and selected entries from a pivotal exhibition that sought to redefine high-quality bookmaking in the post-war era

Grid Systems in Graphic Design designbrief and a slew of otherA grid system is a rigid framework that is supposed to help graphic designers in the meaningful, logical and consistent organization of information on a page. It is an established tool that is used by print and web designers to create well structured, balanced designs. Rudimentary versions of grid systems existed since the medieval times, but a group of Swiss graphic designers, mostly inspired in ideas from typographical literature started building a